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title: "Business: Senate Temporary Orders (Senate, 4 November 2025) | Politics Computer"
description: "Voting yes supported agreeing to a motion moved by Senator Marielle Smith to set a general business notice of motion, No. 232, under the Senate's temporary orders, which was defeated. Defeated 22 to 38 in the Senate on 4 November 2025. How every member voted."
url: "https://politics.computer/votes/senate/2025-11-04/9"
---

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Parliament of Australia · Senate · 4 November 2025

# Business: Senate Temporary Orders

Voting yes supported agreeing to a motion moved by Senator Marielle Smith to set a general business notice of motion, No. 232, under the Senate's temporary orders, which was defeated.

Defeated **22** yes **38** no 

The question put

That general business notice of motion No. 232, moved by Senator Marielle Smith, be agreed to.

**Crossed the floor:** [Tammy Tyrrell](https://politics.computer/mp/tammy-tyrrell) (Labor, voted no).

## How each party voted

- Labor Mostly yes 22 yes · 1 no  
23 members

  - Yes [Anthony Chisholm](https://politics.computer/mp/anthony-chisholm)
  - Yes [Carol Brown](https://politics.computer/mp/carol-brown)
  - Yes [Charlotte Walker](https://politics.computer/mp/charlotte-walker)
  - Yes [Corinne Mulholland](https://politics.computer/mp/corinne-mulholland)
  - Yes [Deborah O'Neill](https://politics.computer/mp/deborah-o-neill)
  - Yes [Dorinda Cox](https://politics.computer/mp/dorinda-cox)
  - Yes [Ellie Whiteaker](https://politics.computer/mp/ellie-whiteaker)
  - Yes [Glenn Sterle](https://politics.computer/mp/glenn-sterle)
  - Yes [Helen Polley](https://politics.computer/mp/helen-polley)
  - Yes [Jana Stewart](https://politics.computer/mp/jana-stewart)
  - Yes [Jenny McAllister](https://politics.computer/mp/jenny-mcallister)
  - Yes [Jess Walsh](https://politics.computer/mp/jess-walsh)
  - Yes [Josh Dolega](https://politics.computer/mp/josh-dolega)
  - Yes [Karen Grogan](https://politics.computer/mp/karen-grogan)
  - Yes [Lisa Darmanin](https://politics.computer/mp/lisa-darmanin)
  - Yes [Malarndirri McCarthy](https://politics.computer/mp/malarndirri-mccarthy)
  - Yes [Marielle Smith](https://politics.computer/mp/marielle-smith)
  - Yes [Michelle Ananda-Rajah](https://politics.computer/mp/michelle-ananda-rajah)
  - Yes [Nita Green](https://politics.computer/mp/nita-green)
  - Yes [Raff Ciccone](https://politics.computer/mp/raff-ciccone)
  - Yes [Richard Dowling](https://politics.computer/mp/richard-dowling)
  - Yes [Varun Ghosh](https://politics.computer/mp/varun-ghosh)
  - No [Tammy Tyrrell](https://politics.computer/mp/tammy-tyrrell)  crossed the floor
- Liberal All no 0 yes · 15 no  
15 members

  - No [Alex Antic](https://politics.computer/mp/alex-antic)
  - No [Andrew Bragg](https://politics.computer/mp/andrew-bragg)
  - No [Andrew McLachlan](https://politics.computer/mp/andrew-mclachlan)
  - No [Claire Chandler](https://politics.computer/mp/claire-chandler)
  - No [Dave Sharma](https://politics.computer/mp/dave-sharma)
  - No [Dean Smith](https://politics.computer/mp/dean-smith)
  - No [James Paterson](https://politics.computer/mp/james-paterson)
  - No [Jane Hume](https://politics.computer/mp/jane-hume)
  - No [Jessica Collins](https://politics.computer/mp/jessica-collins)
  - No [Jonathon Duniam](https://politics.computer/mp/jonathon-duniam)
  - No [Leah Blyth](https://politics.computer/mp/leah-blyth)
  - No [Paul Scarr](https://politics.computer/mp/paul-scarr)
  - No [Richard Colbeck](https://politics.computer/mp/richard-colbeck)
  - No [Sarah Henderson](https://politics.computer/mp/sarah-henderson)
  - No [Slade Brockman](https://politics.computer/mp/slade-brockman)
- Greens All no 0 yes · 9 no  
9 members

  - No [Barbara Pocock](https://politics.computer/mp/barbara-pocock)
  - No [David Shoebridge](https://politics.computer/mp/david-shoebridge)
  - No [Jordon Steele-John](https://politics.computer/mp/jordon-steele-john)
  - No [Larissa Waters](https://politics.computer/mp/larissa-waters)
  - No [Mehreen Faruqi](https://politics.computer/mp/mehreen-faruqi)
  - No [Nick McKim](https://politics.computer/mp/nick-mckim)
  - No [Penny Allman-Payne](https://politics.computer/mp/penny-allman-payne)
  - No [Sarah Hanson-Young](https://politics.computer/mp/sarah-hanson-young)
  - No [Steph Hodgins-May](https://politics.computer/mp/steph-hodgins-may)
- Nationals All no 0 yes · 3 no  
3 members

  - No [Bridget McKenzie](https://politics.computer/mp/bridget-mckenzie)
  - No [Matthew Canavan](https://politics.computer/mp/matthew-canavan)
  - No [Ross Cadell](https://politics.computer/mp/ross-cadell)
- Smaller parties and independents

  - No [David Pocock](https://politics.computer/mp/david-pocock) Independent
  - No [Lidia Thorpe](https://politics.computer/mp/lidia-thorpe) Independent
  - No [Sean Bell](https://politics.computer/mp/sean-bell) One Nation
  - No [Tyron Whitten](https://politics.computer/mp/tyron-whitten) One Nation
  - No Peter Stuart Whish-Wilson Party not recorded
  - No Wendy Askew Party not recorded
  - No [Fatima Payman](https://politics.computer/mp/fatima-payman) Australia's Voice
  - No [Jacinta Nampijinpa Price](https://politics.computer/mp/jacinta-nampijinpa-price) CLP
  - No [Susan McDonald](https://politics.computer/mp/susan-mcdonald) LNP
  - No [Ralph Babet](https://politics.computer/mp/ralph-babet) United Australia Party

Members who didn't vote (absent, paired or in the chair) aren't listed. A party votes as one when at least three quarters of its members vote together.

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Source: [Hansard, Parliament of Australia](https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;orderBy=%5Ffragment%5Fnumber,doc%5Fdate-rev;page=0;query=Dataset%3Ahansards,hansards80%20Date%3A4%2F11%2F2025;rec=0;resCount=Default), read through [the OpenAustralia Foundation's public Hansard data](https://data.openaustralia.org.au/). The summary is AI-written from the question and the bill's official summary, then checked; the record above is the authority.

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